Copy-holder



J. J. HILL. COPY HOLDER..

,7, VJ- @iw u@ lPai-,911111941 Apr. 25, 1893.

' Unire TATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. HILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,122, dated April 25, 1893. Application filed November Z6, 1892. Serial No.453l295. l(No model.)

To al? whom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, JOHN J. HILL, a citizen 'of the United States, residing at Chicago, in

mon to provide a sliding finger or bar which may be moved from line to line for this purpose.

I The characteristic feature of myinvention lies in its mode of operation, whereby the copy is caused to feed onward asufiicient distance, namely, the distance of one line, and the f liner, so-called, orline indicator, or marker, 1s stationary.

My invention consists in acopy holder com# prising essentially a feeding device such as a pair of rollers, a deflecting device behind the feeding device, and usuallyin the form of an inclined plate, and a curved upper deflecting plate having at its forward side an edge rolled or otherwise which serves to mark the line from above.

My invention consists further in the particular arrangement of parts and in theirpreferred construction, whereby the feeding of the paper shall give to the latter anormal tendency to rise and thus present an exposed surface to the reader, as well as in the other features all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a View in perspective, partly in section, and partly broken away of a copy holder involving my preferred construction; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 2 of Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

A is the base which is preferably made broad compared with the height of the copy holder, said base being composed preferably of the hollow end-pieces t, and cross-piece t. The end-pieces receive each end of a roller B preferablv covered with rubber, one end being provided with a milled wheel B', which extends upward through a slot s in the sidepiece t to be accessible to the thumb of the operator. Upon a shaft above and out of center with the shaft of the roller B is a friction roller C which maybe and preferably is very much smaller in diameter than the roller B. The shaft of the roller C is in a vertical plane in front of the vertical plane of the shaft of the roller B, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.

Extending upward and backward from a point above the line of the side-pieces t and preferably held in brackets r surmounting these side-pieces is a plate D, the lower end of which is in the horizontal plane below the upper sur-face of the roller B. Similarly extending from one bracket r to the other in a plane above the top of the plate D is a curved plate E, which it is preferred to form with the ears p at each end to permit it to be pivotally supported in the brackets. It is also preferred to give to the forward edge of the plate E an upward curl, as indicated at o, this edge o being the marker for the lines. It is preferred to support the brackets r pivotally upon the base A and to interpose spring hinges'n tocause them normally to assume the position indicated in Fig. 1, but this is not essential. Where such pivotal arrangement is employed, however, it is preferred to provide the bearing for the upper roller C in the bracket r, so that the rollers may be readily separated. The lateral supports for the deflecting plate D may be stationary, but it is preferredvto have them in the form of swinging brackets m secured to pivot pins in the brackets pr', whereby the amount of inclination of the deecting plate D maybe changed to suit the convenience of the reader.

The operation ofthe device herein described is as follows: A sh eet of manuscript, or a series of sheets in book-form orother-wise, sufficiently Iiexible for use in the apparatus, is introduced between the rollers B and C. Turning of the milled wheel B causes the forward movement of the sheet, which by reason of the roller C being out of line with the roller B is given a normal tendency at its upper or introduced end to curl upward. The advance of the sheet in contact with the deiiecting plate D causes its rise to the deiector E which directs it out of the apparatus. The position at this point is indicated on the introduced sheet in Fig. l.

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The marker o immediately above a line of print or,writing serves to direct the attention of the reader to this line, and at the same time the space below the marker is sufficiently open to enable the reader to examine the matter succeeding that which is being copied.

What I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. In combination with a copy holder havlng an opening in its front face a feeding de- Vice receiving the copy at the front of the holder and feeding it inward across said opening a deector to cause the copyto rise in its advance, and a line marker supported in such relation to the advancing copy as to mark the lines thereon, substantially as described.

2. In combination'with a copy holder having a copy-receiving opening in its front face, a feeding device to hold and feed the copy, a delecting plate to cause the copy torise while advancing, and a deflecting plate above the first-named plate, having a lower edge constituting a line-marker and operating to deflect the advancing sheet to cause it to move out of the copy-holder, the space between said deilecting plates constituting the opening through which the copy is readsubstantially as described.

3. In a copy-holder, in combination,a pair of feed'rollers, receiving the copy at the front of theholder through an openingvin the front face a delecting plate D arranged in rear of the feed rollers and serving to robstruct the movement of the sheet and cause it to rise in its advance, and a curved defiecting plate E above the detlecting plate D, said deiiecting plate affording in its forward edge a linemarker, substantially as described. g

4. In a copy-holder,in combination, a feeding device to hold and feed the copy, comprising a pair of rollers the axes of which are in different vertical planes, the axis of the upper in advance of the axis of the lower roller, whereby the feed of the sheet causes the latter to turn upward at its advanced end, a plate vertically arranged in rear of the rollers, and a line-marker arranged above the rollers and serving to mark the lines on the advancing sheet, substantially as described.

5. In a copy-holder, in combination, a pair of feed rollers having their axes in dierent vertical planes, means for turning said rollers by hand, a deliecting platein rear of the rollers, against which the copy sheet impinges in its advance and a curved detlecting plate arranged above the first-named plate and providing in its forward edge a line-marker,sub stantially as described.

6. In a copy-holder, in combination, roller B, and means for turning the same, roller C having an axis of rotation in a vertical line in front of the axis of rotation of the rollerB and co-operating with the latteras a friction feed,a deflecting plate D and a curved deilector E, the forward edge of whichserves as a line-marker, the parts being arranged substantially as described.

7. A copy-holder, comprising,in combination, rollers B C, constructed and arranged `substantially as described, pivoted deflecting plate D in rear of the rollers, and pivoted curved deiecting plate E above the plate D, the forward edge of whichoperates as alinemarker, all as setfforth.

JOHN J. HILL. In presence of- M. J. FROST, J. N. HANsoN. 

